Objectives of The Textile Policy 2018-23
- Encourage setting up of Fiber to Fashion value chain.
- Generate 10 lakh new employments in the textile sector.
- Special focus on development of the textile industry in cotton growing areas.
- Special focus on processing, knitting, hosiery and garmenting sectors to create an internationally competitive textile industry in the State.
- Set up pollution free / ecofriendly dyeing and processing industry.
- Increase Mulberry and Tussar cultivation, increase Silk yarn production and create a silk tourism corridor.
- Encourage traditional silk weaving businesses such as the Paithani Saree. Also create, promote and market “Adhyatmik Reshim” brand.
- Special focus on non-conventional yarn (bamboo, banana, ambadi, ghaypat, maize, coir, etc.) and its usage with a view to doubling farmers’ income.
- Focus on reviving the entire wool industry from shearing to garmenting to marketing.
- Special focus on the emerging sector of technical textiles.
- Provide the textile industries with the latest technical expertise created by institutes such as IITs, SASMIRA and WRA which are actively engaged in research & development in the textile industry.
